We all will die one day. Surgeons need to be able to discuss death and what care at the end of our lives looks like.

Surgeons who get extra training to sharpen their communication skills may have an easier time explaining best and worst case scenarios to frail elderly patients as part of shared decision making, a ...

Over the past months, it’s become apparent that virtual classrooms work well in some instances. Online learning can be highly effective for general course delivery, discussion groups, and study groups ...

Spine surgeon education needs to go beyond the technical skill and include greater emphasis on understanding data, conservative care and business structures. Four surgeons discuss what they would ...

Recent years have seen the rapid emergence of minimally invasive surgery procedures in operating theatres. However, the training of surgeons in this field still leaves much to be desired. Researcher ...

The field of orthopedics is highly complex and continually evolving, particularly as the fast and furious pace of new surgical devices and technologies accelerates. The importance of highly effective, ...

A large-scale study has found that simulation-based surgical training produced an increase of surgeons' skills for more complex surgeries. Practice makes perfect, but what if the practice can be ...

Trainee surgeons who add virtual reality (VR) training to standard 'apprenticeship' training in key-hole surgery learn more quickly, work with greater accuracy and have less errors than those with no ...

SAN DIEGO — Surgeons from the UC San Diego will be training doctors in Tijuana as part of a cross-border collaboration. "The one that really benefits the most is the patient at the end of the day. The ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — As the war in Ukraine continues, surgeons are needed to have the special skills necessary to treat war victims. Ukrainian surgeons are undergoing specialized training to treat patients ...

The plastic surgery division hosted six Ukrainian frontline trauma surgeons for a two-week intensive training. Ukrainian surgeon Maks Makarenkov learns microsurgery techniques at the UW Microsurgery ...